1984 Tennent's Sixes

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1983–84 Tennent's Sixes
CountryScotland
Dates16 and 17 January 1984
Championship venue Coasters Arena, Falkirk
Teams9
Champions Rangers
Runners-up Dundee
Matches played12
Goals scored55 (4.58 per match)
1984–85

The 1984 Tennents' Sixes was the first staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament taking place at Coasters Arena in Falkirk on 16 and 17 January and televised on BBC Scotland.

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9 teams from the 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division season competed in the inaugural championship with Aberdeen absent and each club received £3000 for appearing.

The tournament had 3 group winners plus the best runners-up qualify to the semi-finals and Rangers beat Dundee in the final.

Group stage

Group 1

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Rangers 2205234
St Johnstone 2115502
Hibernian 20225-30
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Rangers 3–2 St Johnstone 16 January 1984
Rangers 2–0 Hibernian 16 January 1984
St Johnstone 3–2 Hibernian 17 January 1984

Group 2

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Dundee 2208264
Celtic 2114402
Heart of Midlothian 20206-60
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Dundee 4–2 Celtic 16 January 1984
Dundee 4–0 Heart of Midlothian 16 January 1984
Celtic 2–0 Heart of Midlothian 17 January 1984

Group 3

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Dundee United 2114312
Motherwell 2115502
St Mirren 21134-12
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Dundee United 3–2 Motherwell 16 January 1984
St Mirren [1] 1–1 Dundee United 16 January 1984
Motherwell 3–2 St Mirren 17 January 1984

Semi-finals

Rangers 2 – 1 Motherwell

Dundee 4 – 2 Dundee United

Final

Rangers 6 - 4 Dundee
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Prize money

A breakdown of prize money from the tournament sponsors. [2]

Prize moneyAmount
Tournament participation£3,000
Losing semi-finalists£1,000
Losing finalists£1,500
Tournament winners£2,000

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References

  1. St Mirren win 3-2 on penalties
  2. "Rangers find Sixes to their liking" . The Scotsman . 18 January 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 "Sixes get underway" . The Scotsman. 13 January 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Penalty opens Sixes" . The Scotsman. 17 January 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Should the Tennent's Sixes return? Ex-players, managers and organisers look back fondly at the indoor footie extravaganzay". Daily Record . 13 November 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.